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cryptic clue: mammal sounds like relative consumer (8)
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While solving this cryptic I figured out the answer to 1-across (mammal sounds like relative consumer) without solving the subsidiary indication. (I used down constraints and the standard part of the clue to guess the right answer.) After confirming my answer in the solution (warning: spoiler) here, I am even more baffled as to how the subsidiary was supposed to work. Please help!
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While solving this cryptic I figured out the answer to 1-across (mammal sounds like relative consumer) without solving the subsidiary indication. (I used down constraints and the standard part of the clue to guess the right answer.) After confirming my answer in the solution (warning: spoiler) here, I am even more baffled as to how the subsidiary was supposed to work. Please help!
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While solving this cryptic I figured out the answer to 1-across (mammal sounds like relative consumer) without solving the subsidiary indication. (I used down constraints and the standard part of the clue to guess the right answer.) After confirming my answer in the solution (warning: spoiler) here, I am even more baffled as to how the subsidiary was supposed to work. Please help!
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While solving this cryptic I figured out the answer to 1-across (mammal sounds like relative consumer) without solving the subsidiary indication. (I used down constraints and the standard part of the clue to guess the right answer.) After confirming my answer in the solution (warning: spoiler) here, I am even more baffled as to how the subsidiary was supposed to work. Please help!
wordplay cryptic-clues cryptic-crosswords crossword-clues
wordplay cryptic-clues cryptic-crosswords crossword-clues
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I believe
"sounds like relative" refers to ant (aunt), so the clue is "ant consumer," which is an AARDVARK by ddef.
answered 21 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
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Sounds plausible. I think the wordplay would make a lot more sense if the actual answer was rot13(nagrngre), though...
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– jafe
18 hours ago
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Yeah, I was wondering why there would be a homophone in a double definition clue, but I guess that’s just what the clue writer wanted to do
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– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
7
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Hm, that seems like the right answer, but it's also completely invalid as wordplay according to most standards. You can't do some word manipulation to something and then use it in part of a definition. (Synonymizing always has to be on the "lowest level" of the parse tree.)
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– Deusovi♦
18 hours ago
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@Deusovi I recognize that, but there just doesn’t seem to be any other interpretation that gives the correct answer. My first thought was to find a homophone of the word that also meant “relative consumer,” but I couldn’t think of anything. I think the clue writer was trying to be clever and didn’t want to stick with traditional cryptic clue standards
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– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
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I see this as being
relative = aunt = (sounds like) ant and consumer = eater giving anteater which is an alternative name for aardvark.
Interestingly enough, this would actually fit as it is and is what I would have put down on first seeing the puzzle. This would have given me a lot of headaches with 2,3 and 4 down later!
answered 17 hours ago
ElPedroElPedro
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I'd expect that wordplay should always resolve to the solution, not to something that means the same thing. I've never seen wordplay that resolves to a definition rather than the actual solution word(s). This clue seems unfair to me, and I'm not surprised at OP's bafflement.
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– Rubio♦
11 hours ago
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Exactly why I would have (incorrectly) entered rot13(nagrngre) as the answer :)
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– ElPedro
10 hours ago
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I believe
"sounds like relative" refers to ant (aunt), so the clue is "ant consumer," which is an AARDVARK by ddef.
answered 21 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,990329
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3
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Sounds plausible. I think the wordplay would make a lot more sense if the actual answer was rot13(nagrngre), though...
$endgroup$
– jafe
18 hours ago
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Yeah, I was wondering why there would be a homophone in a double definition clue, but I guess that’s just what the clue writer wanted to do
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
7
$begingroup$
Hm, that seems like the right answer, but it's also completely invalid as wordplay according to most standards. You can't do some word manipulation to something and then use it in part of a definition. (Synonymizing always has to be on the "lowest level" of the parse tree.)
$endgroup$
– Deusovi♦
18 hours ago
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@Deusovi I recognize that, but there just doesn’t seem to be any other interpretation that gives the correct answer. My first thought was to find a homophone of the word that also meant “relative consumer,” but I couldn’t think of anything. I think the clue writer was trying to be clever and didn’t want to stick with traditional cryptic clue standards
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– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I believe
"sounds like relative" refers to ant (aunt), so the clue is "ant consumer," which is an AARDVARK by ddef.
answered 21 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,990329
$endgroup$
3
$begingroup$
Sounds plausible. I think the wordplay would make a lot more sense if the actual answer was rot13(nagrngre), though...
$endgroup$
– jafe
18 hours ago
$begingroup$
Yeah, I was wondering why there would be a homophone in a double definition clue, but I guess that’s just what the clue writer wanted to do
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
7
$begingroup$
Hm, that seems like the right answer, but it's also completely invalid as wordplay according to most standards. You can't do some word manipulation to something and then use it in part of a definition. (Synonymizing always has to be on the "lowest level" of the parse tree.)
$endgroup$
– Deusovi♦
18 hours ago
$begingroup$
@Deusovi I recognize that, but there just doesn’t seem to be any other interpretation that gives the correct answer. My first thought was to find a homophone of the word that also meant “relative consumer,” but I couldn’t think of anything. I think the clue writer was trying to be clever and didn’t want to stick with traditional cryptic clue standards
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I believe
"sounds like relative" refers to ant (aunt), so the clue is "ant consumer," which is an AARDVARK by ddef.
answered 21 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,990329
$endgroup$
I believe
"sounds like relative" refers to ant (aunt), so the clue is "ant consumer," which is an AARDVARK by ddef.
answered 21 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,990329
edited 20 hours ago
answered 21 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,990329
answered 21 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,990329
answered 21 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,990329
1,990329
3
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Sounds plausible. I think the wordplay would make a lot more sense if the actual answer was rot13(nagrngre), though...
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– jafe
18 hours ago
$begingroup$
Yeah, I was wondering why there would be a homophone in a double definition clue, but I guess that’s just what the clue writer wanted to do
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
7
$begingroup$
Hm, that seems like the right answer, but it's also completely invalid as wordplay according to most standards. You can't do some word manipulation to something and then use it in part of a definition. (Synonymizing always has to be on the "lowest level" of the parse tree.)
$endgroup$
– Deusovi♦
18 hours ago
$begingroup$
@Deusovi I recognize that, but there just doesn’t seem to be any other interpretation that gives the correct answer. My first thought was to find a homophone of the word that also meant “relative consumer,” but I couldn’t think of anything. I think the clue writer was trying to be clever and didn’t want to stick with traditional cryptic clue standards
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
add a comment |
3
$begingroup$
Sounds plausible. I think the wordplay would make a lot more sense if the actual answer was rot13(nagrngre), though...
$endgroup$
– jafe
18 hours ago
$begingroup$
Yeah, I was wondering why there would be a homophone in a double definition clue, but I guess that’s just what the clue writer wanted to do
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
7
$begingroup$
Hm, that seems like the right answer, but it's also completely invalid as wordplay according to most standards. You can't do some word manipulation to something and then use it in part of a definition. (Synonymizing always has to be on the "lowest level" of the parse tree.)
$endgroup$
– Deusovi♦
18 hours ago
$begingroup$
@Deusovi I recognize that, but there just doesn’t seem to be any other interpretation that gives the correct answer. My first thought was to find a homophone of the word that also meant “relative consumer,” but I couldn’t think of anything. I think the clue writer was trying to be clever and didn’t want to stick with traditional cryptic clue standards
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
3
3
$begingroup$
Sounds plausible. I think the wordplay would make a lot more sense if the actual answer was rot13(nagrngre), though...
$endgroup$
– jafe
18 hours ago
$begingroup$
Sounds plausible. I think the wordplay would make a lot more sense if the actual answer was rot13(nagrngre), though...
$endgroup$
– jafe
18 hours ago
$begingroup$
Yeah, I was wondering why there would be a homophone in a double definition clue, but I guess that’s just what the clue writer wanted to do
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
$begingroup$
Yeah, I was wondering why there would be a homophone in a double definition clue, but I guess that’s just what the clue writer wanted to do
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
7
7
$begingroup$
Hm, that seems like the right answer, but it's also completely invalid as wordplay according to most standards. You can't do some word manipulation to something and then use it in part of a definition. (Synonymizing always has to be on the "lowest level" of the parse tree.)
$endgroup$
– Deusovi♦
18 hours ago
$begingroup$
Hm, that seems like the right answer, but it's also completely invalid as wordplay according to most standards. You can't do some word manipulation to something and then use it in part of a definition. (Synonymizing always has to be on the "lowest level" of the parse tree.)
$endgroup$
– Deusovi♦
18 hours ago
$begingroup$
@Deusovi I recognize that, but there just doesn’t seem to be any other interpretation that gives the correct answer. My first thought was to find a homophone of the word that also meant “relative consumer,” but I couldn’t think of anything. I think the clue writer was trying to be clever and didn’t want to stick with traditional cryptic clue standards
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
$begingroup$
@Deusovi I recognize that, but there just doesn’t seem to be any other interpretation that gives the correct answer. My first thought was to find a homophone of the word that also meant “relative consumer,” but I couldn’t think of anything. I think the clue writer was trying to be clever and didn’t want to stick with traditional cryptic clue standards
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
18 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I see this as being
relative = aunt = (sounds like) ant and consumer = eater giving anteater which is an alternative name for aardvark.
Interestingly enough, this would actually fit as it is and is what I would have put down on first seeing the puzzle. This would have given me a lot of headaches with 2,3 and 4 down later!
answered 17 hours ago
ElPedroElPedro
23125
$endgroup$
1
$begingroup$
I'd expect that wordplay should always resolve to the solution, not to something that means the same thing. I've never seen wordplay that resolves to a definition rather than the actual solution word(s). This clue seems unfair to me, and I'm not surprised at OP's bafflement.
$endgroup$
– Rubio♦
11 hours ago
$begingroup$
Exactly why I would have (incorrectly) entered rot13(nagrngre) as the answer :)
$endgroup$
– ElPedro
10 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I see this as being
relative = aunt = (sounds like) ant and consumer = eater giving anteater which is an alternative name for aardvark.
Interestingly enough, this would actually fit as it is and is what I would have put down on first seeing the puzzle. This would have given me a lot of headaches with 2,3 and 4 down later!
answered 17 hours ago
ElPedroElPedro
23125
$endgroup$
1
$begingroup$
I'd expect that wordplay should always resolve to the solution, not to something that means the same thing. I've never seen wordplay that resolves to a definition rather than the actual solution word(s). This clue seems unfair to me, and I'm not surprised at OP's bafflement.
$endgroup$
– Rubio♦
11 hours ago
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Exactly why I would have (incorrectly) entered rot13(nagrngre) as the answer :)
$endgroup$
– ElPedro
10 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I see this as being
relative = aunt = (sounds like) ant and consumer = eater giving anteater which is an alternative name for aardvark.
Interestingly enough, this would actually fit as it is and is what I would have put down on first seeing the puzzle. This would have given me a lot of headaches with 2,3 and 4 down later!
answered 17 hours ago
ElPedroElPedro
23125
$endgroup$
I see this as being
relative = aunt = (sounds like) ant and consumer = eater giving anteater which is an alternative name for aardvark.
Interestingly enough, this would actually fit as it is and is what I would have put down on first seeing the puzzle. This would have given me a lot of headaches with 2,3 and 4 down later!
answered 17 hours ago
ElPedroElPedro
23125
edited 17 hours ago
answered 17 hours ago
ElPedroElPedro
23125
answered 17 hours ago
ElPedroElPedro
23125
answered 17 hours ago
ElPedroElPedro
23125
23125
1
$begingroup$
I'd expect that wordplay should always resolve to the solution, not to something that means the same thing. I've never seen wordplay that resolves to a definition rather than the actual solution word(s). This clue seems unfair to me, and I'm not surprised at OP's bafflement.
$endgroup$
– Rubio♦
11 hours ago
$begingroup$
Exactly why I would have (incorrectly) entered rot13(nagrngre) as the answer :)
$endgroup$
– ElPedro
10 hours ago
add a comment |
1
$begingroup$
I'd expect that wordplay should always resolve to the solution, not to something that means the same thing. I've never seen wordplay that resolves to a definition rather than the actual solution word(s). This clue seems unfair to me, and I'm not surprised at OP's bafflement.
$endgroup$
– Rubio♦
11 hours ago
$begingroup$
Exactly why I would have (incorrectly) entered rot13(nagrngre) as the answer :)
$endgroup$
– ElPedro
10 hours ago
1
1
$begingroup$
I'd expect that wordplay should always resolve to the solution, not to something that means the same thing. I've never seen wordplay that resolves to a definition rather than the actual solution word(s). This clue seems unfair to me, and I'm not surprised at OP's bafflement.
$endgroup$
– Rubio♦
11 hours ago
$begingroup$
I'd expect that wordplay should always resolve to the solution, not to something that means the same thing. I've never seen wordplay that resolves to a definition rather than the actual solution word(s). This clue seems unfair to me, and I'm not surprised at OP's bafflement.
$endgroup$
– Rubio♦
11 hours ago
$begingroup$
Exactly why I would have (incorrectly) entered rot13(nagrngre) as the answer :)
$endgroup$
– ElPedro
10 hours ago
$begingroup$
Exactly why I would have (incorrectly) entered rot13(nagrngre) as the answer :)
$endgroup$
– ElPedro
10 hours ago
add a comment |
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